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the official new supreme court thread - Very political


Republicans demanded stringent border policy changes to pass $60 billion in Ukraine aid requested by the White House last year, and a small group of Senate negotiators were closing in on a deal last week when Trump slammed the negotiations in a social media post that said he would only accept a “PERFECT” deal.

In a closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon, McConnell, who is pushing for Ukraine funding and reluctantly agreed to tie the foreign aid to border security, acknowledged that the politics are tough for passing a border deal, according to two people familiar with his comments, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private meeting.



McConnell’s doubts were aired after a significant number of Republican senators, backed up by right-wing media, have increasingly vocalized their opposition to a border security deal before details have been released and even as they have raised alarm bells about the influx of migrants at the border.
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If there are two types of Republicans, it's the MAGA Republicans and Republicans scared to stand up to them.
 
Jon Oliver offered Clarence Thomas $1 Million dollars a year of his own money to leave the Court in the next 30 days on his Show tonight. It would be good until either he or Thomas dies and includes a $2.4M RV no strings attached. All that Oliver insists is legal.
 
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Guys, democracy has died today. The Supreme Court refused to hear the sanctions challenge from heroes of liberty, Lin Wood and UNC’s Sydney Powell.
 
Kory said:
is that really legal
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Part of the show’s schtick is uncovering problematic elements of society that are legal and doing something in response that is even more egregious and legal.
 
we were remarking while watching Oliver last night how awful it would be if Biden gets only one on SCOTUS and Trump could add more to his already 3
 
On the flip side, could Thomas and Alito out last a 2nd Biden administration?
 
PhDeac said:
On the flip side, could Thomas and Alito out last a 2nd Biden administration?
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hopefully not. though I'm confident Thomas would retire very early into a Trump one. Probably right after some real fuck you and your rights verdict comes out.
 
Thomas, Alito, and Roberts would probably retire during a Trump second term.
 
Stands to question why Republicans take greater advantage of turning over conservative seats to younger judges.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
Stands to question why Republicans take greater advantage of turning over conservative seats to younger judges.
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Both parties appoint younger justices. Republicans are better about retiring under Republican presidents. The current skew can be traced back to Brennan and Marshall retiring under Bush, Sr. and RBG not retiring under Obama.
 
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